“When I play, what I see are people who mean something to me, both positively and negatively. It's my private life, in a way, what I see, and this is what I share.” PeopleWayMeanPlaySharePositivelyPrivate Life Author:Igor Levit
“The most unique thing about music making is sharing.” UniqueUnique ThingsMusic Making Author:Igor Levit
“You never know what you're going to share. I can play, I know what is written - the marks, the things the composer tells me to do - and I do it, but it will still sound different each day.” KnowsStillsI CanDifferentPlaySoundWrittenShareMarkEach DayComposer Author:Igor Levit
“I always talk about the hierarchy of art, and I always put music on the top of everything, because it's so immaterial.” ArtHierarchy Author:Igor Levit
“I think after music is performance because it is also an immaterial form of art, and then there's everything else.” ThinkingArtFormMusic IsPerformances Author:Igor Levit
“I have one guy that I really have to talk to once a day, and if I don't talk to him once a day, I really feel like something is not completed. This is, like, an attraction story.” IfsFeelsStoriesGuyAttractionLike Something Author:Igor Levit
“I'm not good at texting because I'm an older generation, old school. And nobody ever listens to the answering machine anymore. It's terrible.” SchoolGenerationsTerribleMachinesOld SchoolTextingAnswering MachinesOlder Generation Author:Igor Levit
“I'm much better at saying something on the answering machine than texting.” MachinesTextingAnswering Machines Author:Igor Levit
“People can text with two hands and are so fast and I am not... I just have that one person I want to talk to.” PeopleWantPersonsTwoHandsThat One PersonTwo Hands Author:Igor Levit